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Your Declaration of Freedom
How a captive walks out free.
This is the most important page on this website. It takes about four minutes to read, and it has changed more lives in our building than everything else we do combined.
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One question, honestly answered
“If you died tonight, do you know for certain that you would go to heaven?”
If the honest answer is “I hope so,” “I’ve been pretty good,” or “nobody can really know” — keep reading. The Bible says a person can know, and it says so on purpose.
Most people assume the answer has something to do with the scale — that if the good outweighs the bad, it works out. That is the single most common thing people believe about God, and Scripture says plainly that it is not how any of this works.
What follows is five steps, each one a verse. Open them and read the actual words. We are not going to paraphrase the Bible at you and ask you to take our word for it.
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life.” 1 John 5:13 · King James Version
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Every one of us is guilty
Not “most people.” All of us — including every person sitting in this church on Sunday morning, and the man preaching. Romans 3:23 — read it“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23 · King James Version -
Sin has a real price
Death, and separation from God forever. This is the part nobody enjoys hearing, and it is exactly why the rest of it is such good news. Romans 6:23 — read it“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 6:23 · King James Version -
Christ paid it in your place
He did not wait for you to clean yourself up first. He died while you were still at your worst — and rose from the grave three days later. Romans 5:8 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 — read them“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8 · King James Version“…how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
1 Corinthians 15:3–4 · King James Version -
Freedom is received, not earned
Not by church membership, baptism, good behavior, or the religion you were raised in. By calling on Him and trusting Him alone to save you. Romans 10:9, 13 · Ephesians 2:8–9 — read them“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. … For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Romans 10:9, 13 · King James Version“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8–9 · King James Version -
And then it holds
Salvation you could lose isn’t liberty — it’s parole. Scripture says the one who is in Christ is kept, sealed, and secure. John 10:28–29 · Romans 8:38–39 — read them“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.”
John 10:28–29 · King James Version“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38–39 · King James Version
All Scripture quoted from the Authorized King James Version.
If you want to settle it right now
There are no magic words.
There is a miraculous Saviour.
A prayer does not save anyone — Christ does. But if you believe what you just read and you want to turn to Him, say something like this and mean it:
“Lord Jesus, I know I’m a sinner and I can’t save myself. I believe You died for my sin, were buried, and rose again. Right now I’m trusting You alone to save me. Thank You for saving me. Amen.”
If you prayed that today and meant it, we would love to hear about it — not so we can add you to anything, but so someone can help you take the next step and get you a Bible if you don’t have one.
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What comes next
Rather just talk to someone?
Pastor Wilps answers the church phone himself. He was a roofer before God saved him, and he has had this conversation with men in prison cells — there is nothing you could say that would make it awkward.
Call 484-401-0285Honest objections
The things people push back on
I’ve done things that are too far gone.
This is the most common one, and it is the reason the cross exists. Scripture does not say Christ died for people who were close. It says He died for us while we were yet sinners. The man who preaches here spent years inside prisons watching God save men whose worst decisions were a matter of public record.
I need to clean myself up first.
That’s backwards, and it keeps more people out than any other idea. You do not get clean and then come to Christ. You come to Christ and He does what you could never do on your own. If you wait until you’re worthy, you’ll wait forever — that’s the whole point of grace.
I was baptized / raised in church / confirmed as a kid.
None of those things save anyone. Baptism is an act of obedience after a person is saved, and being raised around Christianity is not the same as trusting Christ yourself. A lot of people who have been in a pew their whole lives have never settled this personally.
Ephesians 2:8–9 · Titus 3:5
What about all the good I’ve done?
God is not weighing it. Scripture is blunt about this: salvation is “not of works, lest any man should boast.” That is not an insult to your good deeds — it is the only arrangement under which a genuinely guilty person could ever be certain.
What if I say it and nothing feels different?
Feelings are not the evidence. Some people weep, some people feel nothing at all that day. What changes is your standing before God, and that rests on His promise rather than your emotional state on a Tuesday.
I’m not ready to change my whole life.
Nobody is. That is not the entry requirement — it’s what He does afterward, over years, and He is more patient about it than you are. Start with trusting Him. He’ll handle the rest of it with you.
Why we’re named New Liberty
“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
John 8:36. That is the liberty this church was named to proclaim — and it is available to you today.